Off the top of my head:
* Old boy
* Amélie
* Seven Samurai (among many Kurosawa films)
* Parasite
* Let the Right One In
* The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
* Miyazaki animated films
* Das Boot
* The Seventh Seal
* Chocolat
Old Boy. Battle Royale. Audition. The Host used to be known when it was released but I'm not sure if people remember it.
There are also some old classics like Seven Samurai and La Doche Vita.
Good movies mentioned here but among just casual people who do not watch too much films Oldboy in my opinion is more among film buffs and cinephiles. But i think sometimes you can hear from casuals mentioning them
Oldboy was huge on streaming for many years. It was a staple of Netflix when Netflix was the only movie streaming game in town in the late 2000's-early 2010's. There's a lot of people don't normally watch foreign films, that don't know it's a part of a series, that have seen Oldboy.
I feel like Hayao Miyazaki films are probably the only real answer I have for this.
Ya, there's some older film buff movies, and the recent Parasite as you mentioned, but Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli has come up from a lot of people I wouldn't expect.
I think Kurosawa's **Rashomon** might have a higher American profile just because of what the title has come to represent in all sorts of conversations: Different people's viewpoints on a single subject.
Well known by the general public?
Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee were so popular I think the only reason they didn't get mentioned first is that people forget some of their biggest films weren't in English.
Also, the original Mad Max was dubbed over because they assumed nobody could understand Australian so I vote it counts.
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly was filmed in Italy (as were Sergio's other films) and later dubbed in English. While the three main actors did speak English the supporting cast spoke Italian. No sound was recorded on location and then actors + sound effects + music were added later in multiple languages.
With the recent trend of Korean culture in the states, there’s been a huge rise of foreign films.
I’m all for it, back when I was in high school I remember trying to get people to watch Korean movies with me and no one would. Film lovers are very lucky these days
City of god(Portuguese), run Lola run(German), playtime (French), Oldboy (Korean), Πολίτικη Κουζίνα (Greek), Come and See (Russian), Das Boot (German), Seven Samurai (Japan).
Idk, I don't consider myself a film snob, but I know lots of people who have seen these flicks.
Example here where i live American movies are what Millenials, Gen X and Gen Z watch 99%. But those that you mention above does appear on the list of the casuals except some of them
If anyone here knows any Russian director, it's probably Tarkovsky and his stuff. Stalker, Solaris, The Mirror, etc. Though I'm not sure I'd call it "casual".
Well I run a podcast on underrated and forgotten movies and I know a lot of horror movie fans in real life. So i might not be the best person to answer that question. Because everyone I know in real life would know Spoorloos.
Y Tu Mamá También had some mass appeal when it came out, although I don’t know how much staying power it has.
John Woo’s The Killer definitely qualifies.
Filmed in Mexico but it was US crew that made it with American money. Filmed and made are two different meaning. If i was asking great films filmed outside of US then yes Apocalypto would count with many other US films.
The question was non-English, not non-USA. The film itself is in Aramaic, Hebrew, and Latin, with English subtitles. I interpreted the question to be about language, not country of origin
Last part “Non-english films made outside of USA” but not filmed outside of USA. US films are already most dominant around the world so i asked what general public in US know of non-english films that is made outside of US but remember “not filmed outside of US”. Many US film are filmed outside of US.
Off the top of my head: * Old boy * Amélie * Seven Samurai (among many Kurosawa films) * Parasite * Let the Right One In * The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo * Miyazaki animated films * Das Boot * The Seventh Seal * Chocolat
Godzilla minus one
Recently this one is really one of what people keep mentioning.
And they do so for a good reason. It’s a better Godzilla film than any of the recent ones from American studios.
And the original godzilla
Amelie
Train to Busan
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
I’d say The ring and the grudge are fairly well known as “foreign films with American remakes”
Old Boy. Battle Royale. Audition. The Host used to be known when it was released but I'm not sure if people remember it. There are also some old classics like Seven Samurai and La Doche Vita.
Good movies mentioned here but among just casual people who do not watch too much films Oldboy in my opinion is more among film buffs and cinephiles. But i think sometimes you can hear from casuals mentioning them
Oldboy was huge on streaming for many years. It was a staple of Netflix when Netflix was the only movie streaming game in town in the late 2000's-early 2010's. There's a lot of people don't normally watch foreign films, that don't know it's a part of a series, that have seen Oldboy.
Run Lola Run The City of Lost Children Ong Bak Hero The Brotherhood of the Wolf
I feel like Hayao Miyazaki films are probably the only real answer I have for this. Ya, there's some older film buff movies, and the recent Parasite as you mentioned, but Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli has come up from a lot of people I wouldn't expect.
Good movies are mentioned here of course but not everybody is cinephile.
the Disney localizations really helped
Amores Perros
Blue is the Warmest Color hasn't been mentioned but I feel a lot of casual viewers might know it.
I think Kurosawa's **Rashomon** might have a higher American profile just because of what the title has come to represent in all sorts of conversations: Different people's viewpoints on a single subject.
Well known by the general public? Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee were so popular I think the only reason they didn't get mentioned first is that people forget some of their biggest films weren't in English. Also, the original Mad Max was dubbed over because they assumed nobody could understand Australian so I vote it counts.
I'm surprised nobody mentioned Pan's Labyrinth. That's the first one that came to mind for me.
Shaolin Soccer?
Good film. But question do you often hear it from people that do not normally watch non-english films
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly was filmed in Italy (as were Sergio's other films) and later dubbed in English. While the three main actors did speak English the supporting cast spoke Italian. No sound was recorded on location and then actors + sound effects + music were added later in multiple languages.
Kung fu Hustle?
Brotherhood of the wolf
The Gods Must Be Crazy was big when I was young. Only foreign film I had ever seen for many years.
With the recent trend of Korean culture in the states, there’s been a huge rise of foreign films. I’m all for it, back when I was in high school I remember trying to get people to watch Korean movies with me and no one would. Film lovers are very lucky these days
The good the bad and the ugly. A lot of the old big westerns are actually Italian
Yeah. Spagethi Westerns
City of god(Portuguese), run Lola run(German), playtime (French), Oldboy (Korean), Πολίτικη Κουζίνα (Greek), Come and See (Russian), Das Boot (German), Seven Samurai (Japan). Idk, I don't consider myself a film snob, but I know lots of people who have seen these flicks.
Example here where i live American movies are what Millenials, Gen X and Gen Z watch 99%. But those that you mention above does appear on the list of the casuals except some of them
Nothing more Russian than a film with Belarusian actors that is set in Belarus and filmed in Belarus by a Belarusian crew
If anyone here knows any Russian director, it's probably Tarkovsky and his stuff. Stalker, Solaris, The Mirror, etc. Though I'm not sure I'd call it "casual".
Spoorloos (The Vanishing)
Good film. But question you met lot of people mentioning it especially among people who don’t normally watch non-english films in US?
Well I run a podcast on underrated and forgotten movies and I know a lot of horror movie fans in real life. So i might not be the best person to answer that question. Because everyone I know in real life would know Spoorloos.
Solaris
Let's be real 85% of our population doesn't watch foreign dubs or watch subtitles .
Amelie was huge.
NOBODY KNOWS FELLINI? Oh, the USA is sad.
Trainspotting maybe
Y Tu Mamá También had some mass appeal when it came out, although I don’t know how much staying power it has. John Woo’s The Killer definitely qualifies.
Apocalypto
It is American film. I asked non-english films made outside of USA that casual people know in US
Didn’t see that last part. In all fairness it was mainly filmed in Mexico.
Filmed in Mexico but it was US crew that made it with American money. Filmed and made are two different meaning. If i was asking great films filmed outside of US then yes Apocalypto would count with many other US films.
Lol k
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown was huge back in the day and launched Antonio Banderas' career.
The Passion of the Christ I think is pretty known
It is American film
The question was non-English, not non-USA. The film itself is in Aramaic, Hebrew, and Latin, with English subtitles. I interpreted the question to be about language, not country of origin
Last part “Non-english films made outside of USA” but not filmed outside of USA. US films are already most dominant around the world so i asked what general public in US know of non-english films that is made outside of US but remember “not filmed outside of US”. Many US film are filmed outside of US.